Dispensing container



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DISPENSING CONTAINER Filed Jan. 25, 1955 INVENTOR.

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United States Patent 011cc DISPENSING CONTAINER George E. N erney,Attleboro, Mass.

Application January 25, 1955, Serial No. 484,017 3 Claims. (Cl. 229-20This invention relates to a dispensing container or package for smallarticles which may be taken from the package one .at a time and the restof the articlesheld in .the package. It has particular .use in:connection with the packaging of razor blades and .in dispensing .the

same.

Heretofore articles of the character of razor blades, cigarettes, andthe like have been packaged in such a way that it is usually necessaryto use two hands to extract the article to be used. Several articles arecontained in the package, and each must be extracted individually.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a simple packageformed of two pieces which may be opened by sliding the two pieces onerelative to the other.

Another object of the invention is to provide a means for easily slidingthese two members, such for instance as a part of one projecting throughthe other, so that by holding one in the hand, the ready access to theother is afforded so that by pressure upon it the parts may be moved onerelative to the other.

Another object of the invention is to limit the movement of the parts sothat they will maintain their desired relationship while in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a separate compartmentwithin the article carrier which may be used for discarded articles,such for instance as razor blades, to hold the same inaccessible fromportions of the device which may be handled.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which may beformed from two pieces of cardboard cut to suitable shape and folded.

Another object of the invention is to provide by the folding of thedevice suflicient rigidity to the device so that it will maintain itsdesired shape and aflord sulficient stiffness for the pushing of onepart relative to the other.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction as will be more fully described andparticularly :pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the dispensing container in closedform;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the same container shown open;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the outer shell member;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the article carrying member;

Figure 5 is a top plan view of a blank for forming the outer shellmember;

Figure 6 is a top plan view of the blank cut and before folding to formthe article carrying member;

Figure 7 is a longitudinal sectional View taken substantially along line77 of Figure 1;

Figure 8 is a sectional view taken substantially along line 88 of Figure3; and

Figure 9 is a perspective view of the container with- Patented July 16,1957 out the separate compartment within it for razor blades and moreadapted for such articles as cigarettes.

In proceeding with this invention, I provide a blank "which may be cutand'folded to forrna generally tubular she'll rectangular in crosssection and having a bottom wall. I also cut from another blank and foldinto shape an article carrying member which may telescope withinthis-shell and form a-tongue on the article carrying member which willpass through a slot in the shell to be readily accessible from the outersurface of the shell so that by pushing upon this tongue, the articlecarrying member may be slid out of "the shell so that its contents willbe readily accessible. The folding of these parts is such that they willbe stiffened and give 'a relatively rigid form so that onemay bepositioned relative to the other for movement to and from closedposition.

With reference to the drawings, the shell blank 10 as shown in Figure 5is scored -along the lines 11'11 and 12-12 and cut along the lines 13,14, 15., ,16 so that it maybe folded to provide a bottom wall 17 with afront Wall 18, a back wall 19, and overlapping side walls 20, 20. Theside walls are formed by sections 21, 21 providing the inner surface ofthe side wall of the shell with the sections 22, 22 providing the outersurface of the side wall of the shell, while the sections 23, 23 arelocated between the sections 21 and 22 and tie the sections firmly tothe bottom wall, the parts all being secured together by adhesive.

In the front wall 18 there is a slot 25 with slits 26, 26 extendingtherefrom toward the bottom wall and at right angles to the slot 25forming a tongue-like portion 27.

The article carrier is blanked out as at 30 in the shape shown in Figure6 and is scored along the lines 31, 31 and 32, 32 and also as at 33, 34,35, and 36. This article carrier is then folded so that there is formeda bottom wall 37 with a back wall 38 and a front wall 39, while there isa top wall 40 and a flange 41. The wing sections 42 are folded inwardlyalong the lines 31 and 32 with the flanges 43, 43 extending along thebottom wall 37 of the flanges 44 folded inwardly across the top of thespace formed between the walls 42 and the back wall 38. This articlecarrier is substantially the width of the shell and may telescope intothe shell, as shown in Figure 2. A tongue 45 is cut from the stock ofthe front wall 39 and is provided with lateral extensions 46 formingabutment shoulders 47 as shown.

In assembling this article carrier in the shell, the tongue 45 is guidedby the tongue 27 to pass through the slot 25. The lateral extensions 46extend over the outer surface of the slits 26 and serve to hold thefront wall of the carrier against the inner surface of the front Wall ofthe shell. Likewise they will strike the ends of the slot at either sidethereof and limit the movement of the carrier upwardly. Razor blades areplaced in the carrier between the sections 42 and the front wall 39. Inthe closed position of the container, the upper edge of tongue 45 is atthe lower edge of slot 25 (see Figures 1 and 7). To open the container,the tongue 45 is pushed upwardly, which moves the carrier upwardly asseen in Figure 2, from whence the razor blades may be easily reached, asthe top is then free from engagement with the shell. A used razor blademay be tucked into the compartment between the back wall 48 and thesections 42 and be held therein by the flanges 44. Much less space isneeded for the used blade alone, as the paper covering on the fresh ornew blade takes up more space than the blade itself. When it is desiredto close the container, it is merely necessary to press the articlecarrier inwardly and tuck the flange 41 of the top wall 40 inwardly ofthe front wall 18 of the shell.

In Figure 9 I have illustrated cigarettes as within the container, andin this form I do not need the compartment such as formed by thesections 42, which may be entirely omitted from the article carrierwhere this sort of article is to be carried.

I claim:

L A dispensing container comprising a shell member .having a slot in onewall, said slot extending at right angles to the length of the memberand being intermediate the ends of the shell member and intermediate theopposite edges of the shell member, and in article carrying mem'berclosed at one end and with an opening at the other end telescoped intosaid shell member and having a tongue projecting through said slot in adirection from the open end toward the closed end and accessible fromthe outer surface of said shell, a top wall hinged to said carryingmember having a flange to tuck the shell is slit from the slot at rightangles thereto to provide a guide for the tongue of the carrier memberin its operating movement.

3. The subject matter of claim 1 wherein the stock of the shell is slitfrom the slot at right angles thereto to provide a tongue over which thetongue of the carrier member extends, the tongue of the carrier memberbeing provided with laterally extending abutments of a width wider thanthe distance between said slits to slide along the outer surface of saidshell and limit the movement of the tongue in sliding the carrier out ofthe shell.

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